Levi Colton

24 Belknap street Unit 2, Somerville, MA, 02144          (724) 681-9575                        Levifcolton@gmail.com

 

Education:

2016-2020                     Edinboro University, Bachelor of Fine Art - concentration in Painting.

2022-2023                     Brandeis University, Post-Baccalaureate Program - Studio Art

Exhibitions:

2018                             Erie Art Gallery, Erie, Pennsylvania: Chimera

2019                             Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Celebrate The Artist; The 10th Annual Michael                                             Gmitter Scholarship Exhibition

2019                             Bates Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Edinboro Drawing and Painting Club Juried Show

2020                             Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Celebrate The Artist; The 11th Annual Michael V.

                                         Gmitter Scholarship Exhibition

2020                             Tarbles Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Illinois: In Conversation

2023                             Dreitzer Gallery, Waltham, Massachusetts: Cats Cradle

Grants

2019                             The Edinboro Art Department Scholarship

2020                             The Edinboro Art Department Scholarship

2020                             The Michael Gmitter Scholarship

Reviews/Articles:

2017                             EdinboroNow, October 18th, Brothers Christian and Levi Colton Take Similar Journeys to Boro

2019                             EdinboroNow, September 13th, Senior Fine Arts Major Guided By Creativity by Zeila Hobson

Publications:

2018                             Chimera Journal of Student Art and Literature XVI

Related Work Experience:

2018                             Cleveland, Ohio, Studio Assistant. Worked for and alongside Artist and Professor Danielle Muzina to create installation and paintings for Rooms To Let, an art event in Slavic Village Cleveland. Duties: constructing installation parts, arranging and hanging said parts, painting and assisting in design process.

2018-2019                     Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania Drawing and Painting Club Vice President. Duties: Running meetings, organizing club agenda, Organizing Field trips to museums, galleries, and art exhibitions, set up and hosted events from simple fundraisers to large scale events such as an Alumni and Faculty art auction and Artist lectures presentations, Juried club show.

2022-2023                     Waltham, MA, Studio Guide, Assisted in college-level studio course education, including Intro to Painting with Ariel Freiberg and Intro to Drawing with Susan Lichtman. Duties: Guiding and overseeing students in the various mediums, techniques, and processes of working creatively to make observational and conceptually-based drawings and paintings. Assigning classwork and homework. Assisting professors in various day to day task.